Travel statistics: 22-28 October 2007

Top 10 destinations for empty nesters

1. New Zealand
2. Australia
3. New York
4. South Pacific Islands
5. Vancouver
6. Las Vegas
7. Hong Kong
8. China
9. California
10. Maldives

Source:  Post Office research

Top 10 Spanish package holiday destinations

1. Gran Canaria
2. Tenerife
3. Costa Blanca
4. Lanzarote
5. Fuerteventura
6. Costa del Sol
7. Majorca
8. Costa Brava
9. Ibiza
10. Costa Dorada

Source: travelsupermarket.com searches week commencing October 22P>

Top 10 destinations

1. Spain  
2. Egypt   
3. Turkey  
4. Cyprus   
5. United States 
6. Dominican Republic   
7. Mexico  
8. Greece  
9. Italy  
10. Tunisia

Source: Gazetteers.com  

Top 20 travel search terms

Source: Hitwise for week ending October 27

Holiday Inn in statistics

• 100 million guests check in to a Holiday Inn every year around the world
• Three people check into a Holiday Inn every second
• Nine out of 10 travellers have stayed in a Holiday Inn
• One Holiday Inn is opened every day
• 330 is the number of Holiday Inns in Europe
• 1,384 is the number of Holiday Inn hotels